Island Health nurses support each other in the growing use of electronic health records
National Nursing Week is an opportunity to celebrate Island Health nurses who are helping advance the electronic health record across the region.
Our Nurses. Our Future: Celebrating all Island Health nurses during National Nursing Week
This year’s nursing week theme, May 8-14, is Our Nurses. Our Future. This is an opportunity to reflect on and recognize how nurses have been critical in shaping and transforming care to better meet the changing needs of the population they serve.
Island Health Community Wellness Grant helps families to enjoy the benefits of bike riding
Thanks to an Island Health Community Wellness Grant, non-profit organization, Capital Bike, has been teaching Victoria families how to safely enjoy family bike rides.
Celebrating Island Health’s Hospital Porters
This week, February 20-24, hospitals across the province are celebrating Hospital Porters Appreciation Week, which is a perfect opportunity to learn more about how hospital porters fulfill a vital service for our hospitals, especially for patients.
Island Health memory clinic teams supports those living with memory loss
January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, a time to learn more about dementia and its impact on patients, families and caregivers. Island Health’s primary care memory clinics support patients and families concerned about memory loss.
Memory clinic team supports those living with memory loss
A Victoria primary care memory clinic team is supporting patients and families concerned about memory loss. The service is one of two primary care memory clinics established last year in Island Health.
Addiction Medicine Consult Services improve health outcomes for patients in hospitals
Substance use disorders can impact each and every one of us. Perhaps you've experienced this first-hand, or have someone in your life who is impacted by substance use.
Reducing barriers and increasing access supports families to get immunized
For physicians Aaron Childs and Sonja Mathes, vaccinating their three children is a matter of course.
National Teen Driver Safety Week: Island Health’s P.A.R.T.Y. program focuses on positive actions teens can take to prevent injuries and deaths on the road
Students participating in the P.A.R.T.Y. program learn that crashes are not accidents, and traumatic injury can be prevented.